Metaphor: ReFantazio Has One Surprising Thing in Common With Persona 5 Tactica

Despite Dragon's Dogma 2 boasting marginally better launch sales than Rise of the Ronin (with both titles releasing on the same day), it's Team Ninja's PS5 exclusive that's managed to stand stronger in the latest Japanese charts. Indeed, Ronin has actually done quite well for itself, shifting an additional 20,000 retail copies over the last week, bringing its total to a fairly respectable 85,000 units. It was topped only by Princess Peach: Showtime!.

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Few games out there are as hotly anticipated as Hollow Knight: Silksong is, and the fact that we’ve been waiting for it for five years at this point has only made the fervour surrounding it that much more intense. And though it still remains without a release date, there has been some movement around it nonetheless.

The recently announced has not even been released yet, but it already has a major advantage over what may be its largest competitor:. The new title developed by NetEase is a competitive 6v6 PvP (player versus player) team shooter in which each player controls a different hero. The exact objectives of each match have not yet been disclosed, but are likely going to vary depending on the game mode. Nevertheless, the goal seems to be to use different strategies and characters from to beat the opposing team and ensure victory.

We really liked Dragon’s Dogma 2 in our review, describing it as the “apex of RPG adventuring”. But it appears the enthusiasm has not quite infected everyone yet, as the title’s community is surprisingly divided right now. Obviously, performance issues and those launch day microtransactions aren’t exactly aiding the discourse, but for some eager fans, the issues run deeper.

Persona 5 Royal ending spoilers ahead.

has been largely praised for its engaging storyline and main characters, but as with many of the best RPGs, it's the side quests that bring the world of the game to life. These smaller interactions and unrelated adventures make Night City feel truly lived in, learning the plights of citizens from all walks of life, including a seemingly sentient vending machine.

Baldur's Gate 3 players have gotten really silly with mods since the game came out, including creating a number of mods that allow otherwise unplayable characters to join the party. But according to Larian Studios head Swen Vincke, a number of those characters may have been considered for inclusion as companions early in development, including one particular villain.

It’s been a whirlwind of a year for Toys for Bob so far. The Activision-owned studio behind Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, and Skylanders was one of several studios to be impacted by Microsoft’s mass layoffs earlier in the year, but earlier this month, it was announced that Toys for Bob was separating from Activision and Xbox and going back to being a private, independent studio.

Skylanders, Spyro and Crash Bandicoot developer Toys for Bob has reportedly reached an agreement with Microsoft for its next game.

Bend Studio's new IP is a live-service game, according to some newly emerged evidence. The Sony subsidiary hence appears poised to join its parent's ongoing live-service foray, which is bound to put Bend Studio well outside its comfort zone.

Persona 6 will be available on Xbox consoles, a well-known leaker has said. The claim was offered along with some speculation about the chances of Persona 6 also making its way to Xbox Game Pass, much like the other recent entries in the series.